Blackstone adds private equity portfolio operations leader

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) said that David Calhoun, the CEO of Nielsen Holdings N.V. (NYSE: NLSN), will join Blackstone as a senior managing director and head of private equity portfolio operations.

Calhoun will oversee a team of 21 professionals within the portfolio operations group which partners with portfolio company CEOs to drive key value creation initiatives throughout our companies. He graduated from Virginia Tech in 1979.

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